Support for transmission-casings for automobiles.



J. OLIVER. SUPPORT FOR TRANSMlSSION CASINGS FOR AUTOMOBlLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT? 1 I, 19l5- Patent-ed Dec. 26,1916.

J'ClHN OLIVER, 01E EKALAKA, MGHTANA, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-HALF T0 JOHN W. HAT'ION "AND ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM EUWBEAY, BOTH 0F EKALAKA, MONTANA.

SUPIPDRT FOR TRANSMISSION-'CASDVGS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Batcnt.

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Application filed September 11, 1915. Serial No. 50,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN OLIVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ekalaka, in the county of Fallon and State of Montana, have invented certain/new and useful Improvements in Supports forTrans mission-Casings fpr Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supports for transmission casing for. automobiles, and the principal object of the device is to provide a means for supporting the transmission and crank casing temporarily during the assembling of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is readily attachable to motor vehicles in order to provide an auxiliary support in case of breakage of any of the parts in order to prevent the motor from dropping and coming out of alinement.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which is readily adjustable to different sized motors, and which is so arranged that one side may be raised or lowcred with relation to the other side.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will. be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure 1 is a view illustrating this improved device in use, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention, Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the supporting plate, Fig. 4 is a sectional view through one of the adjusting plates.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety, a motor of the ordinary con of the usual pet cock located in the underside of the flywheel casing, and this plate 6 is provided with the opposite ears 8 through which the eyes 9 of the rods 10 extend. The upper ends of' these rods are threaded. as at 11, and project through an opening formed in the hanger plate, which will be more fully hereinafter described. A nut 12 is threaded on the upper end of each rod and engages the upper side of the hanger plate, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The hanger plate above referred to is designated generally by the numeral 13 and comprises the oval body 14 provided with a central opening through which the upper end of the rods 10 extend, and formed integral with opposite ends of the body are the standards 15 provided at their upper ends with the hooks 16 which engage the chassis, as shown in Fig. l, and forma support for the whole. It is to be understood that suitable cushioning material may be secured to the upper side of the plate 6 in order to avoid injuring the under side of the crank casing.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use, should any portion of the motor become disconnected from the chassis of the vehicle, and should drop out of alinement, the attachment may he put in place by adjusting the plate to the proper height by means of the nuts 12 and the rods 10, and

the hooks 16 may be placed over the side bars of the chassis, and it/will thus be seen that the device will be supported insuch a posit-ion as to hold the motor and the propeller shaft in proper alinement for operation.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this'invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:-

1. A device of the character described comprising a supporting disk for the crank case of a motor vehicle, rods exten wardly from the crank case supportingmemg ber, U-shaped hangers on the upper ends of the rods adapted to engage the side bars of the chassis of a motor vehicle, and means to adjustably secure the rods on the arms of the hangers to permit the device to be nsed with a different sized motor.

2. A device of the character described comprising a disk provided with a central opening, apertured ears formed at diametrically opposite points on the perlphery' thereof, rods swivelly connectedto the ears and extending upwardly therefrom, threads on the upper ends of the rods, U-shaped hanger plates fitted on each rod, said hanger plates provided with a central opening, a nut on the rods adjustably holding the same in position on the hanger plates, and a hook on the opposite ends of the arms of thev hanger-plate to engage the side bars of the I a chassis of a motor vehicle. 3 v

3. A f device of the character described comprising a disk, ears formed at diametri cally opposite points on the periphery of r the disk and extendinglaterally therefrom and in the same plane thereof, rods swivelly connected to the ears and extending up- I wardlytherefrom, threads on the upper ends of the rods, U-shaped'hanger plates fitted 7 of the hanger plates to engage the side bars of the chassis of a motorv vehicle for steadying the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OHN OLIVER.

Witnesses:

S. M. BAIRD, W. L. MAHNKE1-I,-

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